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Direct linkIsaacs, Talia; Thomson, Ron I. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience on listeners' judgments of second-language (L2) speech. Twenty experienced and 20 novice raters, who were randomly assigned to 5-point or 9-point rating scale conditions, judged speech samples of 38 newcomers to Canada on numerical rating scales for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
